When we park on solid ground, the dirt and oil and grease all run into the street and make their way to the storm drains which carry them out to the river system. If you don't want fish swimming in grease, park on grass!
It's a timely read for me because I'm planning to get a new driveway at my rental property. BUT I'm not sure I'll do it. In fact, I know I won't do it. I'm hoping to sell this property in a few years, and I really don't think a grass-covered driveway will be a selling feature. The bottom line is that a higher re-sale value is more important to me than fish and streams and pollution and carbon emissions.
Sometimes I really suck as an environmentalist.
2 comments:
You can avoid water impacts with permeable pavement (that goes to my blog entry on the subject). I doubt that a driveway of permeable concrete pavers is all that much concrete, but maybe there's someone out there making them using more sustainable methods.
Thanks for the info!
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